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The "coat of arms" of Medulin is a blue shiled with
a white stylized bird over three wavy lines and seven
five-pointed stars in a circle in canton. This is probably going
to be changed soon as it could have hardly been approved by the
Ministry commission, and therefore probably there would not be a
flag with it either.
Source: Road sign at the town entrance, Medulin, photo
Tomislav Šipek, 28.12.2004.
Željko Heimer, 31 December 2004
On the official site of the community at <www.medulin.hr>
one can find numerous images of the coat of arms, however the
flag is shown only in one case that I found, in the mayor's room
(see: Glasnik
Opcine Medulin, br.2/2005, str. 1). The flag is "banner
of arms", blue with the white emblem. A table flag is also
used, as could be seen in many occasions in the publications at
<www.medulin.hr/glasnik>,
in ogival shape containing white bordered coat of arms and name
of the community above.
The seven stars symbolise the seven local communities in the
community (Banjole, Medulin 1, Medulin 2, Pješcana uvala,
Pomer, Premantura and Vinkuran). The Italian name Medolino is
today not used officially as the name of community.
I don't suppose that the symbols were approved by the central
authorities as yet. Anyhow, this flag is surely not going to be
confirmed by the central authorities as it does not conform to
their regulations requiring that the flags of municipalities be
of one colour with the coat of arms set in the middle or offset
to hoist. Also, I guess that the coat of arms is also not to the
pleasure of the central authorities as it does not include
classical heraldic elements, and therefore have no chance of
being confirmed. Therefore this symbols may only be used
"unofficially" and they are probably going to be
changed eventually for something more in line with other Croatian
municipal symbols.
Željko Heimer, 26 December 2007
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image by Željko Heimer, 26 December 2007
